ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Thursday, May 14, 2009. The program had approximately 16.5 million average viewers.
CBS’s “CSI” and “CSI: NY Thursday 10PM Special” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 14.8 and 12.8 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
16,531,000

2
CSI
CBS
14,810,000

3
CSI: NY THURSDAY 10PM SP(S)-05/14/2009
CBS
12,768,000

4
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
12,180,000

5
BONES
FOX
8,881,000

6
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
7,369,000

7
OFFICE
NBC
6,771,000

8
UGLY BETTY
ABC
6,768,000

9
30 ROCK
NBC
5,695,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
4,836,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 14, 2009).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 13.3 million average viewers. CBS and FOX ranked second & third …

ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Thursday, May 7 2009. The program had approximately 15.5 million average viewers.
CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 14.9 and 12.0 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
15,546,000

2
CSI
CBS
14,912,000

3
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
11,993,000

4
MICHAEL J FOX SP-5/7(S)-05/07/2009
ABC
10,230,000

5
CSI 10PM-SPECIAL(S)-05/07/2009
CBS
9,584,000

6
BONES
FOX
8,755,000

7
OFFICE
NBC
7,845,000

8
UGLY BETTY
ABC
7,378,000

9
SOUTHLAND
NBC
6,606,000

10
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
6,503,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 7, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12.2 million average viewers. ABC and FOX ranked second & third with approximately 11.1 and 7.6 million average …

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, April 30, 2009 with 15.5 and 11.7 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was ranked second with 14.1 million average viewers.

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, April 23, 2009 with 14.6 and 11.3 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was ranked second with 13.5 million average viewers.

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, April 16, 2009 with 15.7 and 11.6 million average viewers.
NBC’s “Southland” rounded out the top three with 9.6 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
15,717,000

2
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
11,644,000

3
SOUTHLAND
NBC
9,606,000

4
BONES
FOX
8,854,000

5
OFFICE
NBC
8,370,000

6
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
8,109,000

7
HARPER’S ISLAND
CBS
7,818,000

8
30 ROCK
NBC
7,324,000

9
PARKS AND RECREATION
NBC
6,015,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE THU
UNI
5,397,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 16, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 11.8 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 8.5 million average viewers. NBC and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 7.7 million …

NBC’s “E.R.” final episode was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Thursday, April 2, 2009 with approximately 16.4 million average viewers.
CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 14.6 and 11.3 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
E.R.
NBC
16,378,000

2
CSI
CBS
14,625,000

3
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
11,267,000

4
E.R. RETROSPECTIVE(S)-04/02/2009
NBC
10,632,000

5
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
10,366,000

6
BONES
FOX
9,254,000

7
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
6,953,000

8
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE THU
UNI
5,866,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL THU
UNI
5,040,000

10
IN THE MOTHERHOOD
ABC
5,007,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 2, 2009).

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 14.5 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 12.1 million average viewers. FOX and UNI
claimed third …

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, March 12, 2009 with 17.1 and 12.8 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Thursday evening with approximately 13.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
17,132,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
13,642,000

3
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
12,818,000

4
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
11,608,000

5
E.R.
NBC
10,862,000

6
BONES
FOX
9,667,000

7
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
8,604,000

8
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
7,714,000

9
OFFICE
NBC
7,673,000

10
UGLY BETTY
ABC
7,117,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 12, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 13.9 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 9.8 million average viewers. FOX and NBC claimed third …

FOX’s “American Idol Thursday Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 5, 2009. The show drew just over 21.5 million average viewers Thursday evening.
CBS’s “CSI” and “Eleventh Hour” rounded out the top three with 20.9 and 12.1 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL THU SP-3/5(S)-03/05/2009
FOX
21,498,000

2
CSI
CBS
20,875,000

3
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
12,050,000

4
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
11,850,000

5
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
9,710,000

6
E.R.
NBC
8,713,000

7
OFFICE
NBC
8,540,000

8
30 ROCK
NBC
7,253,000

9
UGLY BETTY
ABC
6,339,000

10
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
5,702,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 5, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 15.8 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 15.0 …

FOX’s “American Idol-Thursday Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 26, 2009. The show drew just over 20.9 million average viewers Thursday evening.
CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” rounded out the top three with 17.7 and 12.1 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL THU SP-2/26(S)-02/26/2009
FOX
20,889,000

2
CSI
CBS
17,724,000

3
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
12,053,000

4
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
11,699,000

5
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
9,853,000

6
E.R.
NBC
8,724,000

7
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
6,798,000

8
UGLY BETTY
ABC
6,737,000

9
30 ROCK
NBC
6.364,000

10
OFFICE
NBC
5,286,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 26, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 15.4 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 13.9 million …

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, February 19, 2009 with 16.9 and 13.6 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Thursday evening with approximately 15.6 millon average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
16,920,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
15,572,000

3
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
13,589,000

4
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
11,170,000

5
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
11,157,000

6
BONES
FOX
9,507,000

7
UGLY BETTY
ABC
7,602,000

8
E.R.
NBC
7,506,000

9
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,789,000

10
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
6,574,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 19, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 14.0 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 11.5 million average viewers. FOX and NBC
claimed …